I had a nice conversation with a vendor at the Moscow Farmers Market this weekend about her large family’s mission to eat on $1 a person per day. She told me I’d find her blog fairly quickly if I Googled it, but no such luck! Can anyone point me in the right direction? And in the meantime, [...]
Monday, May 3, 2010
Howdy blog readers – I’m stuck. I’m still “stretching a buck” all the time, but none of the blog ideas I’ve had lately are inspiring me (as evidenced by the total lack of posts lately). So help a girl out! What topics would YOU like me to address? I don’t care if it’s mundane — I might [...]
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
A few weeks ago, my husband made a tasty broccoli soup for dinner. I was running late for work and tearing through the kitchen, searching for a good container to transport that cheesy goodness. Cheapo plastic containers? Not unless I want soup to leak all over the car. A baggie? Double no. Finally, I found [...]
Monday, April 5, 2010
Whew! I’ve been out of the blog scene lately — here’s a quick list of excuses: time, time, time. But in the weeks I’ve been scrambling around the DNews in the evenings, I’ve had had quite a bit of free time in the mornings with my son, Henry. And up until the sudden arrival of winter [...]
Thursday, March 4, 2010
My little guy only just turned 1, but boy can the kid eat. And eat. And eat. When we go out to lunch or dinner as a family treat, I often order something I can share with Henry. But sometimes I want something spicy or strange or (I admit) unhealthy, so I want to get something [...]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
I spotted something interesting in the baby aisle while shopping the other day: a perky, bright-yellow plastic container of Cheerios. It looked sturdy. Convenient. Pretty. But you know what was in it? Regular old everyday Cheerios. And you know how much that cute little bottle of Cheerios — about 6 oz or so — cost? The same as [...]
Saturday, February 13, 2010
I read the incredible statistic today that 49 of the 50 states — all but Hawaii — have snow on the ground somewhere within their borders. The average depth is 8 inches. I read that — and I laughed. Ha hahaha! No snow here in Moscow, thanks. And for the Roberts family, that means walking — lots [...]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The sniffles have hit the Roberts household once again, and thankfully I was prepared: on Sunday, I roasted a chicken, and today I used the leftover to make a ginormous pot of chicken soup — full of garlic and onions and healthy, soupy goodness. I wrote a few months back about affordable home cold remedies — [...]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
I interviewed an older fellow today who asked me to pass on a lesson he wished he’d learned as a child. He said he once heard a man say he taught his kids that with all the money they got, whether from birthdays or odd jobs, they should save half for long-term objectives, save a quarter [...]
Monday, January 25, 2010
In just a few hours, it will be exactly one year since my little boy, Henry, was born. A few weeks after that big event, I returned to the Daily News and took over this blog. I mentioned “surviving” my family’s first year last week (which wasn’t at all meant to be negative), but I have [...]
Monday, May 10, 2010
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